'']] Oostende (Ostende), a seacoast town in West Flanders, Belgium (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">51° 14′ 0″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">2° 55′ 0″ E)</span>, was a Mennonite center; there may have been a congregation here in the 16th century; there is, however, no information about it. [[Claes Leks (d. 1548)|Claes Leks]] and [[Lucas de Groot (d. 1568)|Lucas de Groot]], both natives of Oostende, were executed there as martyrs in 1548 and 1568.

'']] Oostende (Ostende), a seacoast town in West Flanders, Belgium (coordinates: <span title="Latitude">51° 14′ 0″ N</span>, <span title="Longitude">2° 55′ 0″ E)</span>, was a Mennonite center; there may have been a congregation here in the 16th century; there is, however, no information about it. [[Claes Leks (d. 1548)|Claes Leks]] and [[Lucas de Groot (d. 1568)|Lucas de Groot]], both natives of Oostende, were executed there as martyrs in 1548 and 1568.

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Oostende (Ostende), a seacoast town in West Flanders, Belgium (coordinates: 51° 14′ 0″ N, 2° 55′ 0″ E), was a Mennonite center; there may have been a congregation here in the 16th century; there is, however, no information about it. Claes Leks and Lucas de Groot, both natives of Oostende, were executed there as martyrs in 1548 and 1568.